obstinacy

基本解释

The most curious were baffled by her silence and the most tenacious by her obstinacy.
最好奇的人在她那種沉默麪前，最頑強的人在她那種固執麪前也都毫無辦法。
Given that obstinacy, Mr. Blair had two real choices: to leave Iraq and America to a still-worse fate; or to stay in, hoping to repair some of the damage Britain had helped cause.
假設佈萊爾先生有那麽固執的話，他有兩個現實的選擇：一是任由伊拉尅和美國陷入一種更爲糟糕的境地；或是繼續駐兵，希望能脩複部分英國造成的損害。
When a man and woman interpret the same interchange in such conflicting ways, it's no wonder they can find themselves leveling angry charges of selfishness and obstinacy at each other.
男人和女人用這種沖突的方式溝通同一件事兒，也怪不得他們在這時候常常憤怒的指責對方自私頑固了。

Rudolf Scharping, former party leader and now defence minister, is accused of ambition and obstinacy.
ECONOMIST: Oskar Lafontaine
In the meantime, we get sequestration, permanent campaigns, stagnation, gridlock, and Presidential obstinacy, Congressional obstruction, lost time.
FORBES: The Great Optimism Divide
Twice in recent days the president has publicly criticised Republican obstinacy and called for concessions from both sides.
ECONOMIST: The row over the debt ceiling is going down to the wire